Liminie

Q: Slow transfering

My new macbook pro takes more than 10mins to transfer a 2.8GB file to a thumb drive. Is that too slow? It's a brand new macbook pro I just bought 1week ago. Any feedbacks?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), It's brand new yet so slow.

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 1:51 AM

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  • by bobby_d,

     bobby_d bobby_d Mar 31, 2015 12:29 PM in response to Liminie
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    Mar 31, 2015 12:29 PM in response to Liminie

    Hi Liminie,

     

    It seems you would like more information about USB port speeds. Although your MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display features USB 3.0 ports, the transfer speed will vary based on the destination. If your thumb drive is USB 2.0, the transfer will be at those speeds. The following article provides more information which you may find helpful:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201163

     

    Can a USB 2 cable be used to connect a USB 3 device to my computer?

     

    If the device end of the cable fits into the connector on the device, yes. However, because it has fewer wires, you won't get USB 3 speed and power may be limited to 500 mA.

     

    Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.

     

    Take care,

    Bobby_D